Note slipped under door informed man his entire apartment complex was in lockdown
A note slipped under a door informed Mehran Mirzaee his Melbourne apartment complex was being plunged into a two-week snap lockdown.
The Victorian had watched as a testing site was set up in front of his Southbank residence, before he was notified his entire building had become a Tier 1 exposure site.
"It's been a bit shocking," he told Today.
"Monday morning we got up and I saw things changing around us and they put up some testing station and then I saw paper under my door that we've been in tier 1 exposure site."
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Mehran Mirzaee, a resident of the complex was informed of the lockdown via a note under his door. Today
More than 200 residents of the Southbank residential complex have been forced into a 14-day lockdown after the discovery of two new coronavirus cases.
Four more cases were were identified after a testing blitz was set up for the townhouse complex yesterday.
More than 200 residents were tested in the Southbank complex. Nine
Mr Mirzaee was so worried by the outbreak he's stopped using the heating system, fearing it would spread the virus.
"I personally freaked out," he said.
"I was calling people to bring the heater because we all know Melbourne has cold nights," he said.
Despite the shock, Mr Mirzaee said the lockdown is "what it is".
"We can't do anything about it," he said.
"We probably need to respect the rules and help the community to avoid any further spread, I think."
He praised Victoria's Department of Health for the response and the communication,
Health teams inside the Southbank townhouse complex. Nine
Professor of Epidemiology at University of NSW, Mary-Louise McLaws said the lockdown is tough but necessary.
"(The outbreak) is a worry. It just demonstrates how transmissible the Delta strain is," Professor McLaws told Today.
"If this turns out to be the Kappa strain it is still incredible infectious. We shouldn't be taking this lightly.
"I can only congratulate Victoria for shutting down when it did. But it is incredibly difficult to contain."
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